Battle Players In Lobby - Not Listed When You Enter Battle And Press Tab Key

[65740192 27]

2 Players with 0 scores for ages where listed in the lobby battle stats, but when I entered battle - if you pressed Tab for the  "in battle stats they where not listed.

 

 

Return to lobby - still listed - return to battle - press Tab - gone, not listed. This lasted for more then 5 minutes.

 

Is this a new hack?

 

Server EN8 Novel CTF 

 

 

Hope above makes sense.

Edited May 22, 2016 by 65740192

[noely01 149]

Hmm that is strange.... please describe it in more detail

[BuriedSky 1,319]

2 Players with 0 scores for ages where listed in the lobby when I entered battle - if you pressed Tab in battle - gone, not listed..

Return to lobby - still listed - return to battle - press TAb - gone, not listed.

Is this a new hack?

Server EN8 Novel CTF 

Hope above makes sense.

That's not a hack,...

This thing happens when the players are either refreshing the page, or they have closed the browser window without exiting the battle...

Whatever is the case, if the player doesn't return to battle within 5 mins, he is removed from battle, and their name is removed from lobby too

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

Yes, BS is right. When you leave a battle by closing your browser, instead of exiting the battle, you are left in the battle for 5 minutes but your name won't be in the battle log by pressing Tab but outside it'll show that you're in the battle. The other possibility is what they reloaded.

[65740192 27]

Hmm that is strange.... please describe it in more detail

Yes, very straange.

 

The 2 players always had 0 kills 0 destroyed and automatically changed sides at battle restarts several times, 15 minute battles,  but where never listed in the "in battle" Tab team stats.

[donaldo9000 1,342]

It's not new, it happens to me very often. Very annoying.

[65740192 27]

That's not a hack,...

This thing happens when the players are either refreshing the page, or they have closed the browser window without exiting the battle...

Whatever is the case, if the player doesn't return to battle within 5 mins, he is removed from battle, and their name is removed from lobby too

Yes, BS is right. When you leave a battle by closing your browser, instead of exiting the battle, you are left in the battle for 5 minutes but your name won't be in the battle log by pressing Tab but outside it'll show that you're in the battle. The other possibility is what they reloaded.

Thank you.

 

Please see my post 5 above in reply to noely01           

Edited May 22, 2016 by 65740192

[65740192 27]

It's not new, it happens to me very often. Very annoying.

It is in effect  "multing", but harder to detect because it does not show up in the Tab stats and may be a new hack.

[donaldo9000 1,342]

^I don't think it's a hack, I think it's more of a bug/glitch.

[SUP3R_ST4R 1,205]

Its just simple.. 

 

he wu;ld have quitted the browser (maybe he wants to go) 

but he didn't exit the battle

so for 5 more mins he will be in the battle then he will be kicked :) 

 

That 5 mins is useful when you refresh or your wifi turned off accidently :3

[65740192 27]

Its just simple.. 

 

he wu;ld have quitted the browser (maybe he wants to go) 

but he didn't exit the battle

so for 5 more mins he will be in the battle then he will be kicked :)

 

That 5 mins is useful when you refresh or your wifi turned off accidently :3

Thank you.

 

I have now edited my OP re the 5 minutes.

[Maf 32,308]

Return to lobby - still listed - return to battle - press Tab - gone, not listed. This lasted for more then 5 minutes.

Well actually, I can tell you it lasted exactly 5 minutes.

 

This is not really a bug or hack. It's just a not very well made feature. You see, the system has been made in such a way that if your browser unexpectedly closes, or something else glitches out forcing you to reload the game, you will have 5 minutes to load the game again and get back into the battle without losing your score. This is a fail-safe to prevent players losing their spot in battle and potentially wasting many hours of gameplay (if it's a custom long PRO battle) for nothing. If something happens, such as your internet losing connection or your computer having to reboot, you can load the same server again and instead of being sent to the battles list, you will be loaded directly into the same battle with your score still there. Unless of course the battle ended while you were re-entering, but even then you still get crystals if less than 5 minutes passed.

 

The problem with this is that this fail-safe also works if the player intentionally closes the browser's window, which is what many players do either when they are angry and "ragequitting" or simply because that's how they finish their gaming session. The problem with this is that even though the player has already quit, they are still technically inside the battle because for 5 minutes their place is reserved for them in case they accidentally quit and want to reconnect. And when that happens, their name isn't visible in the Tab list in-game, but they are still visible outside in the lobby, so players can't take their spot.

 

5 minutes is usually not a lot of time, but it terms of gameplay that's 1/3 of a standard length battle, so I understand why this seems like such a big issue. This will hopefully be solved when developers add the ability to leave the battle without losing your score, because then this feature will no longer be necessary. But for now we just have to live with it. And as a courtesy to others, to avoid taking up a slot for 5 minutes when you leave - first exit the battle and then close your window :)

[BuriedSky 1,319]

Thank you.

 

Please see my post 5 above in reply to noely01

In addition to what said just above me, I would like to add something..

Idk if it was the condition, but if you are 100% sure that it lasted for more than 5 mins, then the other case can be: he was trying to refresh and re-refresh the page again and again, but he wasn't able to enter the battle completely....so a very short 'join' and 'exit' of the player extended his time limit...

Edited May 22, 2016 by BuriedSky